Combined hame-hitch and collar-fender



(No Model.)

DpPATTERSON. COMBINED HAME'HITGH AND COLLARLFENDER. N0. 374,622. Patented Dec. '13, 188 7.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

/ DARIUS PATTERSON, OF RIOHLAND, INDIANA.

COMBINED HAME-HITCH AND COLLAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 374,622, dated December 13, 1887.

Application filed June 26,1586. Serial no. 206,381. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DARIUS PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Rich- ]and township, in the county of Bush and State of Indiana, and whose post-oflice address is Glarksburg, Decatur county, Indiana, have invented a new and usefuLOombined Hame- Hitch and Collar-Fender, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the manner of attaching the trace or tug of a horses harness to the hame; and the objects of it are, first, to provide a means of attaching the trace to the hame by which the trace can be fastened higher or lower, as may be desired, thereby adjusting the load to the horses shoulder, and, second, to provide a protection for the collar, thereby preventing the wearing of the collar at the place of contact between it and the trace. I attaintheseob- 'jects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents the device entire. Fig. 2 shows the pin. Fig. 3 shows the adj ustable hitch. Fig. 4 shows the hame-butt, the cylinders, and the collar-protector.

In Fig. 1, E is a cylinder, through which passes the staple which fastens the mechanism to the hame. D is a metallic plate,whichlies against the face of the hame. A is the collarfender consisting of a metallic plate lying against the face of the collar at the point of contact between the collar and the trace. B- is the adjustable hitch ccnsisting of a plate of metal having a number of notches (usually seven) in its inner edge, which are intended to receive the end link of the trace. O'is a pin passing through the cylindrical ends G G of the plate B and through the cylinder F, and holds the two parts together. By removing the pin Gthe plate B can be detached and the end of the trace can be inserted in any desired notch, and the load can be thus easily adjusted to the shoulder of any horse.

It is intended that the parts shown in Fig. 4 be made of one piece of malleable iron, which is formed into cylinders at E and F, with a plate of extra thickness and a plate, A, projecting beyondthe cylinder F and forming the collar-fender A. The parts B and G are also made of malleable iron and maybe of any desired size.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the metallic collarfender A and the adjustable hame-hitch B, and means, as shown, for uniting the one to the other, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the adjustable harnehitch B, having notches cut in its inner edge for receiving the end of the trace, the collarprotector A, and the pin 0, substantially as set forth.

3. The metallic hame-outt and collar-fender consisting of the tubes E and F, butt D, and fender A, in combination with the pin 0 and the harne-hitch B, all substantially as set forth.

DARIUS PATTERSON. 

